Ephemeral films

3,025–3,072 of 19,489 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Elephant Baby 1959 · Film The story of a baby elephant from his first day in the jungle, through many weeks of training, to the day he joins a working force of elephants in a teakwood… Internet Archive Why Husbands Flirt 1918 · Film Wry marital comedy with a title that says it all. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and George Eastman Museum. Internet Archive DOPE 453 2004 · Film · Subtitles Bush wins re-election, fundies takeover See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Turtle, The: Care Of A Pet 1962 · Film Beautiful underwater footage of a turtle swimming. Explains how turtles live in the wild and how to accommodate that in a fish tank. This film can be… Internet Archive Echinoderms: Sea Stars and Their Relatives 1987 · Educational Shows how the body plan of the echinoderm is adapted for locomotion, respiration, digestion, and reproduction Internet Archive Why Is The Weather? 1962 · Film Uses live action and graphic techniques to explain weather in terms of its three basic elements–heat, air and water–showing the part each plays in making… Internet Archive Destination Tomorrow, Episode 25: Radiation and Space Travel 2006 · Film This episode of Destination Tomorrow highlights radiation protection efforts underway by NASA. It focuses on how NASA plans to tackle radiation problems for… Internet Archive In Search of the Lost World 1972 · Educational · 48 min Traces the origins of the lost civilizations of the Americas. Includes information on their development, how and why they perished, and the artifacts they… Internet Archive Marriage 1969 · Educational · 24 min States as a premise that marital conflict can be the result of differences between expectations and reality. Using three married couples, Dr. Frederick Perls… Internet Archive DOPE 205 1992 · Film · Subtitles AIDS conf, Prop P, MAgic J, Brownie Mary, Michelle APAN See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Mole and the Matchbox 1975 · Educational · 6 min In this animated story, the Mole comes upon a matchbox. The Mole and the Mouse then devise many amusing activities with the box and the matches, accidentally… Internet Archive The Other Angels 1995 · Film Dedication of the Women's Vietnam Memorial. "Washington has opened the door to Vietnam. The Other Angels will open your heart to is people." Internet Archive Adventures of an Asterisk 1957 · Cartoon On opening title frames, "[an asterisk]" appears as a illustration of an actual asterisk; "[house]" appears as a caricature of an architect's plan of a… Internet Archive Television Land 1971 · Educational Producer and director, Charles Braverman Uses live and taped film clips from television programs from 1948 to the present to give an overview of the range of… Internet Archive The Signing of the Declaration of Independence 1955 · Educational Reduction print of the 35mm. motion picture made for the CBS television program You are there With film user's guide Producer, William Dozier; writer,… Internet Archive Aggressive Child 1965 · Educational · 28 min Aggressive Child The first Flashe Gordon serial was released in 1936 and this is an edited feature of the thirteen chapters of that serial. Flash Gordon meets… Internet Archive Your Friend The Soil - Keep It Or Lose It 1954 · Film An animated cartoon story dramatizes the relationship between soil and food resources. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the… Internet Archive The French Revolution 1979 · Educational Revised edition of the motion picture issued in 1955 under the same title The experiences and ideas of Georges Roget, a lawyer and member of the Third Estate,… Internet Archive Screen Gems leader Film 16mm film leader from a Screen Gems print. Features a young woman with a color chart. Internet Archive Circulation And The Human Body 1959 · Film Great animations of circulatory stuff. Closeups of blood moving. Boys play wrestle! Describes the need of the body cells for food and oxygen, for the disposal… Internet Archive Our Solar System (open captioned) 1992 · Film A brief introduction to the solar system by children for children. Open captioned. Internet Archive N!owa t'ama: the melon tossing 1966 · Educational · 15 min In a large repertoire of!Kung Bushman games, the melon tossing game is unique in the complexity and stability of its music and in the frequency with which it… Internet Archive It Must Be The Neighbors 1966 · Film Emphasizes the relationship between good premises sanitation and freedom from mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and rodents. Shows how refuse handling… Internet Archive Stepping Along with Television 1949 · Film Film showing the role of AT&T in facilitating network television transmission in the years before communications satellites. The live television broadcast of… Internet Archive The Secretary: A Normal Day 1966 · Educational Follows a secretary through a normal day in a modern office, emphasizing the personal qualities of self-direction, tact, willingness to learn, judgment, and… Internet Archive Choose College We Did! Escojanla Universidad Nosotros la Elegimos! 2000 · Film · Subtitles " The tape includes English and Spanish versions of Choose College: Stories of Success ....for families with middle and high school students....Para familias… Internet Archive Angiosperms: The Flowering Plants 1962 · Educational With teachers guide Collaborator, Howard Arnott Examines the structural and reproductive characteristics which distinguish the angiosperms from other… Internet Archive Man to Man 1954 · Film Sensitive film produced for the training of mental health workers. Man to Man portrays the bond that develops between an aide in a psychiatric hospital and a… Internet Archive Youth On The Industrial Front 1941 · Film NYA boys learn to use machine tools at various residence centers in Illinois. The boys operate lathes and milling machines, learn to weld, make incubators in… Internet Archive Drive-in -- Coming Attractions-Colorgloss Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip directly before any trailers when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive Can We Immunize Against Prejudice? 1954 · Film Animated. Demonstrates how three sets of parents try to 'IMMUNIZE' their children against prejudice by using three different methods. Narrated by Eddie Albert… Internet Archive Minority Youth: Akira 1971 · Educational · 14 min Akira, a Japanese-American youth, describes how it feels to be a part of two cultures. At home, traditional Japanese customs are practiced. At school and with… Internet Archive Colonial Expansion of European Nations 1955 · Educational · 12 min Colonial Expansion of European Nations SummaryDescribes the pe./ia metadata colonialexpansionofeuropeannatiot empires, the shifts in power between nations,… Internet Archive Death 1968 · Educational Examines some of the customs associated with death in different societies Camera, John Hooper ; film editor, Peter Evans Internet Archive Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine 1981 · Film Features the first historic flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Highlights include the liftoff on April 12, 1981, the onboard activities of Young and… Internet Archive SUMMER 1961 FOOTAGE OF MOSCOW RUSSIA SOVIET UNION KREMLIN LENIN'S TOMB (SILENT) 49804 Film This silent 16mm footage was most likely shot during and after the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961 (9 to 23rd of July). The movie contains… Internet Archive A Fable 1972 · Educational Originally released by Columbia Pictures Corp., 1968 Marcel Marceau Marcel Marceau pantomimes a fable which is intended to promote international… Internet Archive Oil and American Power: Iran 1979 · Educational Events in Iran in the late 1970s proved disastrous for the United States. It lost an ally, the economy of the West was weakened, U.S. hostages were taken, and… Internet Archive Oil in the Middle East 1973 · Educational Produced by NBC Presents the delicate position of the United States vis-a-vis the three Mideast nations that own more than half of the world's known oil… Internet Archive The Great Toy Robbery 1968 · Educational Producer, Wolf Koening, Bob Verrall ; Director, Jeff Hale ; Story, Derek Lamb ; Animation, Jeff Hale, Cameron Guese ; Music, Don Douglas An animated cartoon… Internet Archive Fiber Optics 1965 · Educational · 29 min Fiber Optics Spotlights the remarkable achievements of a quartet of great film pioneers--Edwin S. Porter, George Melies, Thomas H. Ince and D.W. Griffith. Internet Archive Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films 2017 · Film The U.S. conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962, with multiple cameras capturing each event at around 2,400 frames per second. But in… Internet Archive Ambush Tool Of Terror 1976 · Educational · 11 min An ambush is a situation that no police officer wants to find himself in. This films shows how an ambush is planned and how the officer can effectively avoid… Internet Archive Listening To Good Music: The String Quartet 1955 · Film The members of the Fine Arts Quartet illustrate the basic musical nature of the string quartet. The range and distinctive tone quality of each instrument are… Internet Archive Free at Last (1965) 1965 · Educational · 28 min Free at Last (1965) Examines early childhood education and its role in a school-oriented society. Considers the relationship between theories of education and… Internet Archive Painting with Calligraphy 1958 · Educational Kodachrome With teacher's guide Demonstrations by Eliot O'Hara, George Post, and Paul Travis are used in showing how artists express thoughts and emotions… Internet Archive Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1966) 1967 · Educational · 27 min Uses animation, sound, and color to demonstrate the basic working principles of nuclear magnetic resonance, the operation of the analytical instrument, and… Internet Archive Operation Hardtack-1 - Maple 52194 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIEcNSl4Lc Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13